DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,606

INTERNATIONAL PAPER
CONTAINERBOARD DIVISION
FT. MADISON, IOWA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance


In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC
2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on in response to a petition
received on July 22, 2005 in response to a petition filed by the
International Association of Machinists, District 6 on behalf of
workers of International Paper, Containerboard Division, Ft.
Madison, Iowa. The workers produce fluting.
The investigation revealed that International Paper,
Containerboard Division, Ft. Madison, Iowa supplies component parts
for corrugated shipping containers and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of corrugated shipping containers whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of workers at
International Paper, Containerboard Division, Ft. Madison, Iowa.
In addition, In order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers International Paper,
Containerboard Division, Ft. Madison, Iowa qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of International Paper, Containerboard Division,
Ft. Madison, Iowa who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 22, 2004 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 24th day of August 2005

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance